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A police van burns in Baltimore, April 27, 2015, during riots sparked by the death of Freddie Gray. Mr. Gray, 25, died April 19 after being taken into custody by Baltimore cops April 12. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

DEA: Many more drugs looted in Baltimore riots than reported

Associated Press

Toad the Wet Sprocket. (Rob Shanahan)

Toad the Wet Sprocket considers a country album

By Keith Valcourt — Special to The Washington Times

Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton (1) throws under pressure from Baltimore Ravens linebacker Zach Orr (54) during the first half of an NFL preseason football game Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Cam Newton sharp in only series as Panthers lose to Ravens 22-19

By David Ginsburg - Associated Press

Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby said she has no regrets in bringing charges against the six officers. (Associated Press)

Justice in Baltimore

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Marilyn Mosby, Baltimore state's attorney, pauses while speaking during a media availability on May 1, 2015, in Baltimore. Mosby announced criminal charges against all six officers suspended after Freddie Gray suffered a fatal spinal injury while in police custody. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Freddie Gray case: Mosby drops charges against three remaining Baltimore officers

By Ryan M. McDermott - The Washington Times

In this June 9, 2016, file photo, Arthur B. Johnson Jr., of Baltimore, demonstrates alone outside Baltimore's Courthouse East on the first day of the trial of Officer Caesar Goodson, one of six Baltimore city police officers charged in connection to the death of Freddie Gray, in Baltimore. More than a year after Freddie Gray's death, the same streets that exploded in fury and flame are calm. Despite back-to-back acquittals for officers charged in Gray's death, the physical protest movement that helped topple the careers of both the police commissioner and the mayor has dissipated, leaving activists exploring other avenues for change. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark, File)

Freddie Gray case: Weary of protest, Baltimore activists seek change elsewhere

By Juliet Linderman - Associated Press

Baltimore state's attorney Marilyn Mosby, center, arrives at a courthouse before opening statements in the trial of Lt. Brian Rice, one of six members of the Baltimore Police Department charged in connection to the death of Freddie Gray, in Baltimore, Thursday, July 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Baton Rouge, Dallas, Baltimore grapple with racial tension

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Marilyn Mosby, Baltimore state's attorney, pauses while speaking during a media availability on May 1, 2015, in Baltimore. Mosby announced criminal charges against all six officers suspended after Freddie Gray suffered a fatal spinal injury while in police custody. (Associated Press) **FILE**

John Banzhaf, law professor, seeks disbarment of Baltimore prosecutors in Freddie Gray cases

By Ryan M. McDermott - The Washington Times

Lt. Brian Rice is the fourth Baltimore police officer to go on trial in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray last year. (Associated Press)

Brian Rice, Freddie Gray arrest officer, feared for safety: attorney

By Ryan M. McDermott - The Washington Times

A gunman opened fire in Baltimore Monday night, shooting four women and one man who were attending a candlelight vigil for another shooting victim, 24-year-old Jermaine Scofield, pictured here. (WJZ)

5 shot at candlelight vigil for Baltimore shooting victim

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Protesters march in New York's Times Square Thursday, July 7, 2016, in the wake of the shooting deaths of Philando Castile Wednesday night in Falcon Heights, Minn., after a traffic stop by St. Anthony police, and the death of Alton Sterling, who was shot by Baton Rouge police in Baton Rouge, La., while being detained earlier this week. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Tragedy in Baton Rouge

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

These undated photos provided by the Baltimore Police Department, show Baltimore police officers, top row from left, Caesar R. Goodson Jr., Garrett E. Miller and Edward M. Nero, and bottom row from left, William G. Porter, Brian W. Rice and Alicia D. White, charged with felonies ranging from assault to murder in the police-custody death of Freddie Gray. (Baltimore Police Department via AP, File)

Brian Rice trial in Freddie Gray case: With 2 acquittals and a mistrial, a 4th officer stands trial

By Juliet Linderman - Associated Press

In this Dec. 16, 2015, file photo, Richard Shipley, Freddie Gray' stepfather, left, with Gray's mother Gloria Darden and lawyer Billy Murphy speaks with the media in Baltimore Md. An Associated Press review of court records nationwide shows that the attorneys who represent cities are sometimes weak links in the systems meant to hold police accountable for wrongdoing. The review found that lawyers deliberately hid important facts, delayed their disclosure or otherwise sought to subvert evidence in civil cases. Gray's family sued after he was fatally injured in police custody. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

City lawyers weak link in police accountability: Records

By Michael Tarm - Associated Press

In this March 26, 2016, photo, Baltimore mayoral candidate DeRay Mckesson chats with campaign volunteers before canvassing in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

DeRay Mckesson takes cabinet position with Baltimore City Public Schools

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Baltimore police officer Caesar Goodson, 46, is accused of the most serious crimes of the six officers charged in Freddie Gray's death: Second-degree "depraved heart" murder, manslaughter, assault, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment. (Associated Press)

Judge questions Freddie Gray ‘rough ride’ theory

By Ryan M. McDermott - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 19, 2011, file photo, retired hairstylist Margaret Vinci Heldt, poses for a photo at her apartment in Elmhurst, Ill. Heldt, who became a hairstyling industry celebrity after she created the famous beehive hairdo in 1960, has died at age 98. Ahlgrim Funeral Home said Monday, June 13, 2016, that Heldt died Friday at a senior living community. (AP Photo/Caryn Rousseau, File)

Margaret Heldt, beehive hairdo creator, dies at age 98

By Ken Shepherd - The Washington Times

Officer William Porter, right, one of six Baltimore city police officers charged in connection to the death of Freddie Gray, accompanied by his Attorney Joseph Murtha leaves the courthouse, after testifying in the trial of Officer Caesar Goodson, one of six Baltimore city police officers charged in connection to the death of Freddie Gray, Monday, June 13, 2016, in Baltimore. Porter's trial in the Gray case ended in mistrial. He will be tried again in September. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Baltimore cop testifies that Freddie Gray seemed OK during van ride

By Ryan M. McDermott - The Washington Times

A mural is seen at the site of Freddie Gray's arrest in the Sandtown neighborhood of Baltimore, Monday, May 23, 2016, after Officer Edward Nero, one of six Baltimore city police officers charged in connection to the death of Gray, was acquitted of all charges in his trial. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

EDITORIAL: Justice and good sense in Baltimore

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Senator Catherine Pugh speaks on election night with her staff and supporters at the Baltimore Harbor Hotel on Tuesday, April 26, 2016, in Baltimore. Pugh, a three-term state senator who also runs a public relations firm, has won the Democratic nomination in Baltimore's mayoral race. (Lloyd Fox/The Baltimore Sun via AP) WASHINGTON EXAMINER OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

DEBORAH SIMMONS: Moving Baltimore forward as mayor

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times